If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

We had the absolute honor of speaking with Barstow Free Methodist Church this past weekend. Since we visit Barstow (and our friends the Kochs) often, it is like a second home to us. I shared the amazing work that God has done in our lives, and Tim shared from John 15. This tied together in that, in our lives before Christ...we bore very little fruit. All of the titles, jobs, money, cars, boats, accomplishments, etc. were rather vacuous apart from Him. We have, as Christians been exhorted to abide in Him. So that we can bear much fruit. So that He may be glorified.

We are thankful to Chris and Ingrid, and the body of believers at Barstow FM, for welcoming us, encouraging us, sharing hospitatlity, and supporting us as we seek to bear fruit in Ethiopia.

In other exciting news (well it is to those of us from So. Cal), we had some actual "weather" during our overnight stay in Barstow. Coming home over the Cajon Pass, these were the amazing shots we took of SNOW!